Sharp County record., 1887-04-14

ministry. At any rate, come q.
Christian circles, and somewhere %
somehow declare the grace of ~ e
Pardon for all sin; comfort fo, ~
trouble: eternal life for all the dead,
my soul! preach it for ever. Ithas h. liz
my ambition, and l believe it has bo,
yours, my dear people, in these wear, =,
nv ministry, to have this a soul.sayi' ~
church, and we never yet threw ont n :
gospel net but we drew in a great nris
tude. They have come, one hundred a,
time. and two hundred at a time, and tr
hundred and fifty at time, and | exns..
the day will appear when, in some servin. N
there will be three thousand souls accen
ing the offers of eternal life
/ wish could tel you some circpr 3
stances that have come under my observ,
tion. proving the fact that Col h., y
blessed the prayers Of these people in ba a
half of souls immortal. could tell Won =, .
one night, when stood at the end of tbs
platform, and gentleman passed n,
his cheek bronzed with the sea, a1d as h.
went into the inquiry-room he said 10 ma
81 am an Englishman."
said: 81 am very glad to see you; wall
in"
That night he gave his heart to the Lord
It was a clear case Of quick but thorougb
conversion, Passing out at the close Of
the inquiry meeting, said:
"How long have you been in this couD.
try9"
He said: 81 arrived BY stcauer ts',
morning at eleven O'Clock"
said; ''How long will you be in t..
cityl"
He said: 81 leave tomorrow for Ca.
ada, and thence l 60 to Halifax, and
thence to Europe, and III never be her.
again"
l said: II think you must have come 70
this country to have your soul saved"
He said: "That certainly was the rea.
SON."
But could tell you of tragic scene
When at the close of the service, found
a man upon one of these front seats,
ought upon most nightly, l said to
| him:
"What is the matter!"
"He replied: II am captive of strong
drink; came from the West; thought
perhaps, you might do me some good;
| find you can't do me any good; | find there
is no hope for me-"
Isaid: Come into this side room ant
we will talk together"
"Oh. nor' he said; "there's no need o
nv going in; ! am lost man; | have
beautiful wife; l have four beautifu
children; had a fine profession; | hav
had thorough education; had every op
portunitv man ever had, but / am car
tive of strong drink; God only know
whatI suffer"
said: ''Be encouraged; come in her
and we'll talk together about it,"
"No,n said he, 81 can't come; you can
do me any good. was on the HudsO
River Railroad yesterday, and comm
down resolved never again to touch
drop of strong drink. While | sat there
man came ina low creature-and sat b
me; he had a whisky flask, and he sa
to me:
"Will you take drinkl"
81 said no; but oh, how wanted III an
as l said no it seemed that the lquc
curled up around the mouth of the tla'
and begged:
"'Take me take mel take men
81 felt that | couldn't resist it, and yet
was determined not to drink, AMI | rus
ed out on the platform of the car, al
thought W ould jump off; we were goir
at the rate of forty miles an hour, ami
didn't dare to jump; the paroxysm
thirst went off, and l am here to-nlght
said "Come IN, pll pray for you al
commend you to God"
He came in trem bling. Some of you r
member. After the service we walk,
out and up the street. / said:
"You have an awful struggle: pll ta
you into drug store; perhaps the doco
can give you some medicine that Will he
you in your struggle, though, after a
you will have to depend upon the grace
Godn
said to the doctor:
"Can you give this man something
help him in his battle against stroI
drinkW
81 can," replied the doctor, and he pr
pared bottle of medicine
| said "There is no alcohol in this
strong drink"
"None at all" said the doctor
"How long will this lastW | inquired.
at will last him a week"
"Oh,nI said, "give us another bottle" "
We passed out into the street and sto
under the gaslight 1t was getting la'
and / said to the man:
81 must part with you. Put your tru
in the Lord and he will see you throuG
You will make use of this medicine VIII
the paroxysm of thirst comes on"
A few weeks passed away, and go
letter from Boston, saying:
"DEAR FRIEND-I inclose the money
paid for that medicine. l have never used
Oft. The thirst for strong drink has entire
gone away from me. send you two or thI
newspapers to show you what l have be
doing since came to Boston"
IOp9ned the newspapers and saw q
counts of meetings of two thousand
three thousand people, to whom this M
had been preaching righteousness, te
perance, and judgment to come. l ha
heard from him again and again since.
is faithful now, and will, know, be fai
full to the last o, this work of soul 81
ingl Would to God that out Of this ag'
ence to-day five hundred men might he
the voice of the Soa of God bidding the
come to glorious resurrection
All the offers of the gospel are extend
to you without money and witho
price," and yol are conscious of the ia
that these opportunities will soon
gone forever. The conductor of ra
train was telling me of the fact that
was one night standing by his train on
side track, his train having been switch